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About St. Leo IX
21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054 · Feast April 19 · Pope
Pope from 1049-1054, Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg of Alsace; first major reformer pope of the Gregorian movement, canon-lawyer and tireless traveler who held synods throughout Italy, France, and Germany combating simony and clerical incontinence. The break with Constantinople (1054) occurred in the months after his death. Canonized 1087 by Victor III.
St. Leo IX is the patron saint of Popes, Reformers and Alsace.
